China

The Chinese Communist Party recently mandated Christians to pray for dead Communist soldiers while also banning all commemorations for martyrs of the faith.

The Chinese government has reportedly ordered Chinese Christian fishermen to remove crosses and religious symbols from their boats.

The Chinese Communist Party, police officers and religious bureau officials recently raided a church and forced its pastor and an elder to stop preaching.

At the International Religious Freedom Summit this week, a Uyghur woman opened up about her harrowing experience in a Chinese concentration camp.

Pastors in China have been ordered to adjust their sermons to incorporate elements of President Xi Jinping's speech delivered on the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.

According to reports, at least 400 Church of the Almighty God members have been arrested for their faith by Chinese Communist Party officials in recent months.

Recently, China announced a revision to its infamous one-child policy, instituted by Mao’s successor. Married couples can now apply to have up to three children, an increase from the more recent limit of two. On the surface, the policy change might appear to be a significant improvement on Mao’s 1957 statement — at least in terms of human dignity. In fact, it is not. Both these stories reflect what happens when a society rejects the core Christian idea of the image of God.

A Chinese official asserted that the Wuhan lab in China should be awarded a Nobel Prize in Medicine for studying the COVID-19 virus. At the same time, GOP leader Kevin McCarthy is calling for China to be held accountable for mismanaging the viral outbreak.

In China, Western medicine was an essential ingredient of the growth of Christianity.

Several sources are reporting that yet again, Beijing has increased pressure on religious groups. Beginning this year, all “approved” religions must conform to its new Administrative Measures for Religious Institutions.